governor christie is urging people to stay put do. not to try to get down to the shore or get a look what is going on there quite yet. there are over 200 state roads closed down in new jersey. the parkway has reopened but it is still a very volatile situation, we hope we will get a chance to talk to governor christie to get an update from him over the next couple hours. let's take a look now at this hurricane known as sandy by the numbers so to speak. this packed 90 mile-an-hour wind before pummeling the east coast, affecting 1,000 miles of u.s. coastline and canada. as far inland as chicago. 7 million people are without power, basically, you don't expect anyone to have power today. it is the exception, if you have power. this super storm sent a record breaking storm surge into lower manhattan, the likes which has never seen. a wall of 14 feet of water, like a freight train into lower manhattan. sandy churned up dangerous seas over a stretch of atlantic nearly 1600 miles in diameter. and one of the worst stories is the six alarm fire